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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. So, how does a business build competitive advantage by becoming the preferred provider to the markets it serves? The team helps further define the vision and participates in setting goals.

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. While it can feel like a localized issue, such market changes are just as possible in U.S. industries and it emphasizes the importance of the retention process in HR.

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How to Be Generous in Business

Nathan Magnuson

At the end of the day, no one should feel guilty for profits that are earned legally and ethically. Obviously marketing campaigns and revenue targets matter. Banks know about money, so it’s a big contribution when they conduct financial planning workshops. Meet a Need. Look for Ways to Reinforce Your Values.

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Too Big to Manage: JP Morgan and the Mega Banks

Harvard Business Review

Many other major financial institutions — Bank of America , Citigroup, HSBC, Barclay’s, Wells Fargo, UBS, etc. But, at the end of the day, it is bank leaders and employees who must take the right business, legal and ethical actions under existing law. Manipulation of energy markets. LIBOR rate rigging.

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William Miller on Business Model Innovation

Rajesh Setty

For example: • Charles Schwab disrupted the brokerage industry in the 1970-80s using a business model driven by Principles of high ethics, no conflicts of interest, being trustworthy, and helping everyone become financially fit. Any one or two of these factors can be the driving force(s) for the business model.

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How to Become Truly Social

Coaching Tip

The days of leading countries or companies via a one-way conversation are over, as Netflix’s one-way conversation with customers on prices, Bank of America’s one-way conversation on debit fees and Verizon’s one-way conversation on an e-billing surcharge recently demonstrated. 8) Measure HOW, not ‘How much.’

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How Managers Should Respond When Bribes Are Business as Usual

Harvard Business Review

Studies show that it’s also counterproductive resulting in lower profit margins, return on equity , and employee morale ; costly delays as players haggle over the size of the kickback; and poverty and poor governance in the markets where they’re paid. ” Identify “moon markets” and walk away.